James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met DVD Box Set — The Metropolitan Opera celebrates the 40th anniversary of James Levine's company debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met, a special boxed set of 2... more »1 DVDs featuring highlights from the longtime Music Director's record-breaking career with the company.
The 21-DVD set features 11 complete operas including such star-studded performances as Smetana's The Bartered Bride from 1978 with Teresa Stratas, Nicolai Gedda, Jon Vickers, and Martti Talvela, and Der Rosenkavalier from 1982 with Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Blegen, Luciano Pavarotti, and Kurt Moll. The DVDs also include highlights from historic concerts in 1982 and 1983 featuring five legendary names, Leontyne Price, Marilyn Horne, Tatiana Troyanos, Plácido Domingo, and Sherrill Milnes.
12 Titles on 21 DVDs
Berg: Lulu
December 1980
Berg: Wozzeck
October 2001
Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles
January 1992
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
December 1985
Puccini: Il Trittico
November 1981
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
November 1978
R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Virgin Classics release)